Oil Spill at 4'' WELL 4 TBG FLOWLINE @ AZUZUAMA

Incident 2016/SAR/192/328 · NAOC · 31 Dec 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 31 Dec 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date31 Dec 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.25 bblNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.69536, 5.92019

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported31 Dec 2016

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseCorrosion

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00252931

JIV date31 Dec 2016

Impact description supplied by source

THERE WAS A VISIBLE RUST @ 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AS A RESULT OF CORROSION ON THE 4'' DELIVERY LINE

Record timeline

Incident recorded

31 Dec 2016

Report date

31 Dec 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

31 Dec 2016

Spill stop date

8 Jan 2017

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